Exercise is a physical activity that is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposeful.
Physical activity includes any body movement that contracts your muscles to burn more calories than your body would normally do so just to exist at rest. Although learning to enjoy and plan structured exercise into your routine would definitely improve fitness, it is not the only way to improve fitness. Activities of daily life keep your body moving and still count toward the recommended amount of weekly physical activity. Most importantly, no matter what your current fitness level, you are able to improve your physical fitness and therefore, your heart health, by increasing physical activity and/or exercise as you are able.
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DVD 1: An Introduction to the series. followed by Dr Tom presenting the innovative ARNI ‘Gatekeeper’ techniques: trialled for efficacy and safety. These are your ‘go to’ methods for safely getting down and up from the floor. This DVD shows every stroke survivor, from those who can’t yet get out of a chair, to those who can get down and up from the floor fairly well, how to do things properly so that you have strategies that will help you progress and work just as well for you as time goes on. This is the essential DVD.
Standing From Seated On A Chair Unaided
Getting To The Floor From A Chair Unaided
Getting Up From The Floor To A Chair Unaided
Getting To The Floor From Standing Unaided
Getting Up From The Floor Unaided
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“Do not sit still; start moving now. In the beginning, you may not go in the direction you want, but as long as you are moving, you are creating alternatives and possibilities.”
― Rodolfo Costa
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The Mirror Box is a tool that is designed to make neuroplasticity work for you via intense mental stimulation. Designed originally for those suffering from phantom limb pain, it has subsequently been found that imagining movement of arms and legs that have been weakened from stroke can trigger a group of ‘mirror neurons’, which can assist functional recovery of affected limbs. The idea is that movement of the more-affected limb can be stimulated via visual cues originating from the opposite side of the body. This portable folding Mirror Box is the best one I have seen because it can collapse to the width of a standard A4 folder, and expand to allow my Burmese cat to hide inside! You simply place your affected hand in it and practice conducting symmetrical movements, The brain sees the more affected limb as normal: the idea is that you are ‘tricking’ it into thinking the you are moving your affected hand in the same way as your good hand. Interestingly, one trial showed that looking at the mirror image of your good hand increased the excitability of neurons in the primary motor cortex significantly more than looking at your affected hand directly with no mirror. There does not, however seem to be any available evidence that it helps spasticity. There is moderate evidence from one recent trial41 showing that in the sub-acute period post-stroke, hand functioning improved more after mirror therapy in addition to a retraining programme compared with a control treatment. Basically, it’s something to try alongside your work with this approach if you need.
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Aside from helping the brain heal, deep sleep also offers other, fantastic benefits to stroke survivors.
For example, REM sleep – the deep sleep that occurs at intervals throughout the night – helps your brain process motor information. When your brain achieves REM sleep, there are spikes of neural activities that occur, known as sleep spikes. During these neural spikes, the brain transfers short-term memories about muscle movement to the temporal lobe where they become long-term memories.
Therefore, quality sleep can actually help stroke survivors regain proper muscle movement and strength. Since most stroke patients struggle with mobility problems, this is an incentive for stroke patients to focus on getting enough sleep.
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Stroke Survivor Paul Giddings with Michelle Welsh - who is training as a student learning stroke rehab with Dr Tom. Paul himself came into contact with ARNI when he met Tom as a patient in the acute ward at Princess Royal Hospital during Covid, when Tom came in most days to head up the training part of the ASTAR trial (Principal Investigator was Dr Khalid Ali).
The ASTAR study examined the efficacy of using ARNI task-boards and upper limb techniques in acute hospitals. Upon discharge, Paul immediately signed up to ARNI and trained first with ARNI's Jo Morrison and then ARNI Senior Instructor & former Princess Royal Technical Instructor, Pat Hoad. He continues to train with Pat, who was also with us on Sunday!
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How Does a Stroke Affect the Muscular System?
The brain controls both involuntary and voluntary muscular activity by sending neural messages to the muscles. These messages primarily originate in the motor cortex, which is found in the frontal lobe of the brain.
The motor cortex transmits these signals to the spinal cord, where they can reach the motor neurons. When these neurons fire, the impulse travels to the specific muscle, telling the muscle to contract or relax.
When a stroke occurs, this complex process can be disrupted, which can result in changes in muscle function. Depending on the severity and location of the stroke, this can often lead to changes in muscle tone and function.
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No consultant, therapist or expert in stroke research would attempt to answer the majority of these without preceding and qualifying the answer with an ‘if’. You are different from anyone else; from injury to the brain and plastic potential to occupational difficulties, demographic details to rate of recovery and lifestyles, making your presentation unique.
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I have left sided weakness following stroke 8 years ago, I am now being referred for possible B (the anti-spasticity injection) to see if would help the spasticity in my hand do you have any knowledge of this? Is it helpful or can it do more damage?
I would like to join am a stroke survivor
I am very concerned to help my daughter, Selina Girling, to recover as much as possible from the stroke she had three and a half years ago at the age of 45. So any information you can provide me with would be very welcome.